Assorted Hunt & Sons Pips, 1830s British Playing Cards arts and crafts watercolor made in Japan circa 1940s

made in Japan circa 1940s

The blocks themselves are in good shape

The sort of painting that makes me think of a luxurious

and almost certainly mid-century

to her pearls

Assorted Hunt & Sons Pips, 1830s British Playing Cards arts and crafts watercolor made in Japan circa 1940sGive me pips over face cards any day, especially when they are beautiful as these. This small assortment are strays from a c. 1830 British deck produced Hunt & Sons stencil painted, square corned cards on super thick (cardboard weight) stock with no indices and all the pips all pointing in one direction. Just lovely things. 3 11 16" x 2 1 2". Some ingrained dirt, scattered stains and age toning as pictured but really great looking still and with no